Author's Note

Sorry, real life is a pita.....and too much WOWS Legends. I have no excuse really. 😁

Chapter 2

Junus 16 999 ANF

Upon opening my eyes, I was confused for a moment until the events of yesterday came back to me. Laying there in a bed that was far more comfortable than it should be, I realized I had been a fool for staying away from Cel after Luna lost herself. She kept repeating that she understood how I felt when we spoke about it last night and I guess it's not a surprise then that I could feel Cel had pulled herself up to me as close as she could. Glancing over my withers, I can see a content smile on her muzzle simply because she had half of her family back.

I could feel a small smile crease my muzzle as I looked at Cel. 'The last thousand years has been hard on her, even if she doesn't show it' I thought to myself. It's a wonder she didn't lose herself, but I guess when you are immortal, everything will work out in the end.

My mind drifted while I laid next to my sister. I knew Luna would return in a few days, but I also knew that the Nightmare would still have sway over her. Do I have the heart to confront her I wondered. Would I even be able to if I could, to stand in front of my wife and try to talk some sense into her? I still remember seeing pain in those slitted and yet, still beautiful eyes. I remember her saying she could never harm me, but her sister was a different story. Her conviction that Celestia had something to do with our only foals death when she sent him to the Crystal Empire as ambassador before Sombra took over was one of the driving forces behind her transformation.

"What has you so deep in thought that your lost to the world this morning?"

I turned back to the voice that startled me out of my musings to see rose colored eyes looking at me in concern. Smiling, I shook my head and sighed.

"Just thinking about what's going to happen and remembering how Blazing's death has led to the grief that has befallen our family." Watching her ears flatten to her head was hard and I wasn't going to let whatever feelings she had continue to bother her.

"In someway you feel responsible don't you?"

"Whinny, I am responsible for Moonie's death. I'm the one that asked him to be the ambassador. How can I not be responsible" she asked as tears rolled down her muzzle.

"He was a grown stallion and knew what he was getting into. We couldn't have foreseen that Sombra was going to stage a coup. Luna was already unsettled at that point from the miscarriage and Blazing's death pushed her over the edge" I said to her. Seeing that my words hadn't had the effect I was hoping for, I rolled over and pulled my sister in to my larger frame and wrapped a wing over her back.

"Her sanity was already fragile at that point, you couldn't see it because she hid it so well, but I knew she was on a blades edge and when news came of his death it sent her over that edge." I had to stop for a moment as I reflected on the night Luna changed. I had been trying to console her about the loss of our foal, but when word had come of Moon's death, I had to watch as the one I loved broke down and turn into a Nightmare.

When I came back to myself, i made it known what was going to happen.

"When Luna returns, I will confront her sister. She will not harm me."

"How can you be sure of that Whinny? She had let the Nightmare take over and it cares not who you are." I smiled at her before giving her the one answer I knew in my heart.

"Despite becoming what she is, she still knows me as her husband. We had been married for two hundred years by that point and even though she had lost herself she still knew in her heart who I was and even said she could never bring any harm to me. I'll be okay Cel, harming me would be worse than harming herself" I said smiling. "Now, what's on the docket for this morning?"

"For starters, raising the sun in a few minutes, then breakfast. After that, I guess getting you introduced to the kingdom once again." I frowned hearing that.

"You let knowledge of us fade?"

"To protect you and Luna, yes I did. I tried to protect both of you, but rumors still took root and after sometime it became known that Luna and the Nightmare were one and the same. After a few centuries went by, the knowledge about Luna turned into stories to scare foals into acting right."

"What was said about me?"

"One said that you had joined Luna on the moon by your own free will to try and help her overcome the Nightmare. Another said that you had been mortally wounded and left to die of your wounds and a broken heart." I thought about that last one and smirked. I they only knew that I was as hard to kill as an alicorn.

"Well then, get your cake flank up, raise the sun and let's get something to eat cause I'm hungry now." I waited for a breath or two before my little dig finally registered and when it did, the only thing I could think was that it was totally worth it after seeing the look on her muzzle.